Little pressed for time today, so the update will be brief. i got the proof of the article I wrote for Cigar.ch in Switzerland this week and I am impressed with how it came out. Major thanks go out to Jon Huber, Pete Johnson and IPCPR all who took the time to give me quotes for the article. Once again a special thanks to Stogie Review for their help with the photographs as they were in Vegas.

Leaving to Santa Fe this week to visit some friends but I’m trying to get some reviews written in time before I leave..

Smoked a little light this week in preparation for the the 40 cigars I plan to smoke in New Mexico.

As I write this Hurricane Irene is working its way up the coast after making landfall in North Carolina. Many of my friends who have gone through a Hurricane before have been worrying about me and many here on the east coast. Personally, I think it won’t be as bad as expected. Sure there will be some flooding in lower Manhattan and a lot of beach erosion, but the last 24 hours saw the storm go from a strong catagory 2 to a weakening category 1. Having lived through many Nor’easters that brought a massive amount of snow, I am not worried. 15 Hours of rain, a lot of wind and it will all be over. It could of been a lot worse.

Last week we reviewed…

I can’t believe the summer is almost over, where did it go? It seems as if the older you get the faster time moves and that makes me reflect on words spoken by Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, it may pass you by“. Which in turn makes me think about Mia Sara who played Ferris’ girlfriend in the movie. She was pretty hot and a decent actress but she seemed to disappear into obscurity.

In other news we landed a job…

Over the past month or two, the guys over at Stogie Review began posting what they call “The Week In Smoke” which I thought was pretty cool. I reached out to Jerry Cruz and asked him if he would mind if I did something along those lines here at acigarsmoker.com. Jerry who has become a good friend responded, “not at all…I’m sure we stole it from someplace else. LOL” Lets face it, there aren’t to many original ideas out there, and it gets kind of tiresome typing out reviews and links. I know the Sunday Links was popular for a while, but come the weekend between my full time job and this site, I really didn’t want to sit at the keyboard and write something up like I am doing now.

Father’s Day. A day to spend with dad either in person or in spirit. Today I reflect back on the days I spent with my dad when he was still alive. I remember the times we played catch in the park. I remember the day he wore shorts to a baseball game in September when [...]

It’s been too long since I did a Sunday Links. I remember I used to make fun of friends who said they needed the days to have an extra 2-3 hours in them in order to get things done. I would break their chops about the lack of organization and ability to schedule. Well, I am eating crow. The last couple of months I have struggled to get things done as planned, and as a result I had to drop the Sunday links for a bit.

So without further adieu, The Sunday Links: